Pastels
Pastel "is both a drawing and a painting medium" (Harrison, Pastel School). I work with chalk pastels, not oil pastels. Intense color is easily possible with pastels, and you will see that this is a feature of my pastel paintings.
Pastel Landscape
photograph by https://www.lynnhuntington.com/
Tree on a Hill
The Sky is Orange
photograph by https://www.lynnhuntington.com/
In October, I took a three-day pastel class with Doug Dawson at Eden Compton's studio in Saratoga Springs, NY. We used a limited palette for our work. Here are two of my pieces painted during the workshop.
Tree with Dappled Sunlight
Purple Sunset
Still Life: Lemons
Reference photo by Alain PicardÂ
In August 2024, I took a four-day workshop with Alain Picard at the Connecticut River Valley Inn in lovely Glastonbury, CT. My goal was to become freer in my pastel painting and to learn how mark-making would assist me in my quest. This painting of lemons is the last of four works I completed during the workshop, and I am pleased with my progress towards my goal.
A Gallop Through Snow
We painted horses in a class with Theresa Somaio, in honor of the Saratoga season. I didn't want to. But I think it came out rather well!
Plum and Peach
A small study done in connection with an online class by Mary Pritchard.
Cloud Streets Over the Berkshires
Berkshire Sunrise
Two Cabbages
Sunflowers with Pears
Breaking Wave
European Robin
Sunset Over Water
Rooster
Colin's Cat
Fish of Many Colors
Night Sky with Stars (sold)
Blue Chairs by the Sea
Green Waters
Impressionistic Sunset
Northway Sunset
Fish: School of Non-Conformists (sold)
U-Turn
